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A BLACK-LIST OF 52.

NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED

Printed on the slip at the delivery desk in the Reading Room of Gore Hall are these words: "I promise to return the following-named reference-book tomorrow morning before 9 A. M." By this means it is hoped to have the books returned to the Library so that students may procure them for use during the day. We find, however, that a black list relates the names of 52 men who have failed to return the books even within half an hour after the required time. Now that the mid-year period is upon us, these reference books become doubly valuable. Let no man be so mean as to break intentionally a rule established so evidently for the common good.

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